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扬州迎宾馆

Posted on April 12, 2008 by sinyaw

我在大众网上的点评。 为什么没有网站呢？ 这宾馆有许多楼。我住八号，最新也最大。 7点到，饿了，但不想吃排挡。门房说隔壁有个好餐厅，转了半天扬州的“迷园”，走到那“趣园”，不收散客。回到迎宾馆，溜到一个楼，被挡住，里面有首长，不准进。再走到三号楼，对不住，没桌子了。好吧，回八号楼吃排挡。叹气。 房间倒是一流。吵了点，但是走廊客人的修养，怪不得酒店。 退房时大门警卫说出租车不进来，让客人自己去外面叫呗。前台气结，派人推我们的行里走10分钟去大门。一拦手就是部车。分明就是懒警卫。 到车站发现一个包掉在楼里。打电话才发现收据上的电话是错的。找半天终于搭通了电话，他们包倒是收起来了。要我回去取。但我来不及了，这下他们傻了。我愿意付收到付费的快递，但迎宾馆不知如何操作，要我寄100元，他们收到后再寄。气得我哭笑不得。爷才结了几千元的房帐，你们转脸连100元都不能先垫？交涉再三，终于学会了对方付费，东西寄到，运费20。再叹气。 靠硬件是不能会让迎宾馆进五星的。

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Golden Compass

Posted on April 11, 2008 by sinyaw

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) Philip Pullman ISBN: 978-0440238607 Pub. Date: September 23, 2003 Publisher: Laurel Leaf The Golden Compass Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards Director: Chris Weitz Cross posted … Continue reading →

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Bashing China is not the answer

Posted on April 10, 2008 by sinyaw

L. Ling-chi Wang wrote a nice commentary on CNN. I thought of all the US bashing around the world. All major state events have met protesters. People carry banners and sighs and try to disrupt whatever the organizers try to … Continue reading →

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Beijing Spring Break

Posted on April 8, 2008 by sinyaw

Daughter and her friend visited Beijing on spring break. She lived here for the last two of her high school year. Her friend never set foot in China what-so-ever. They planned a full agenda: sight seeing, restaurants she missed, friends … Continue reading →

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故人西辞黄鹤楼,煙花三月…

Posted on April 6, 2008 by sinyaw

百萬人下揚州.遊人如織. 自隋煬帝開運河,揚州便是中國第一富都.直到近代才被上海,香港取代. 遊瘦西湖,要想自己是乾隆.身為天子,來到這萬家富豪之都.你要知道他們能貢獻多少進國庫.他們要政府穩定,保住他們的財源.乾隆二下江南,必到揚州.每次來,瘦西湖就更美,更豪華一倍.鹽商們大量投入,希望政府繼續支持,政策繼續友好.最好再搞個官做做,就太美好了.百萬白銀不算什麼,報酬率可高的呢.五亭橋,釣魚台都不是園林,而是奉上.乾隆一高興,一切都搞定. 在這金銀奢華中,是二十四橋的無奈.”十年一覺揚州夢”的下一句是”贏得青樓薄倖名”.杜牧的詩,說的是在揚州燈紅酒綠的腐敗.鄭板橋說”千家養女先教曲，十里栽花算種田”.養女兒比種地還好.我想是揚州自然出美女,還是美女來揚州留下了她們的基因? 如果繁華的一個副產品是美女,另一個就是藝術了.明清兩代,文人如果宦場不得志,有點才氣,來揚州是自然之事.園林藝術也就同時發揚起來了.揚州成的當代的文藝重鎮,流傳至今.揚州八怪,揚派園林,家具,印刷出版等,都是當代首選. 但商業繁華的動力是錢.除了瘦西湖,別地方都能與揚州一較上下.百年後,揚州退出了商業舞台,也退讓了文化中心的地位.守著祖業,揚州人只好閒閒的過”早上皮包水,下午水包皮”的日子.那其實是無奈啊.能打拼賺錢時,那有這麼閒的. 揚州迎賓館,說的是招待國賓的地方.原來這賓館,分幾個樓,各有特色.住進了八號樓,晚七點進了房間,出來溜溜,居然連吃兩個閉門羹.第一個樓有首長在,不待客.第二個沒位子了.再溜到隔壁的個”趣園”,他家只有包間,沒散客,”對不起,您請回吧”.摸摸鼻子,爺回八號樓吃大排檔唄. 第二天買了揚州主景點的聯票:瘦西湖,何園,个園,運河遊.一趟拼完.中午找到巷子級深處的百年老店”富春茶社”.晚上吃吃揚州新貴餐廳”玉玲瓏”.腳酸腿疲,回房洗淨大睡到天明. 第三天先奔”揚州雙博”(兩個博物館在一起),逛到近中午,打車到大明寺.其實是名僧鑒真駐地.香火鼎盛.旁邊是歐陽修的平山堂,也能留連一番.這時餓了,直奔冶春茶社.吃飽喝足,再殺史可法紀念堂,八怪紀念館.逛完已身疲力盡,找了個店呆坐著.回過神來,拎著行李,去揚州車站,上了Z-30號火車直回北京.  

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iPhone Money

Posted on March 25, 2008 by sinyaw

How much money Apple makes with each iPhone? Part of every $400 retail sales, probably 15%, so that is around $60 each. But this is only the most obvious part. Steve Jobs also gets a cut from the owner’s cell … Continue reading →

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Android and Cell phone economy

Posted on March 24, 2008 by sinyaw

Cell phone market is too big. The amount of money attracted the biggest and strongest players into this arena. Lots of marketing competitiveness and economic strategies are vying for advantages: really fun to speculate over a good glass of alcoholic … Continue reading →

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Definitively Maybe 《绝对，也许》

Posted on March 23, 2008 by sinyaw

Definitively Maybe Ryan Reynolds and Abigail Breslin Pub. Date: 14 February 2008 Cross posted at http://blogs.sun.com/syw What a cute movie! Romantic comedies ran out of originality long time ago. Of course, they are never meant to be. The formula includes … Continue reading →

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Automatic Center Punch

Posted on March 20, 2008 by sinyaw

This tool makes a small dent on the surface for ease of drilling. A tap with a nail will also do the job. But if you are drilling all day long, this tool saves you from fetching the hammer and … Continue reading →

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JiuMen Food Court 九门小吃

Posted on March 18, 2008 by sinyaw

Cross posted at: NomadicMinds, Sun English and Chinese blogs. Note that the Chinese and English contents are not quite the exact translation. 到底什么是北京小吃？北京人说豆汁焦圈，但真吃过的没几人。胪打滚，碗豆黄，艾窝窝去哪找？九门小吃把几个百年老字号召齐了，店开在后海北。游人转进孝友胡同,宋庆龄故居西，就看到了。进门先到吧台买卡（俩人百元尽够了，没用完可以找），再端个托盘逛去。爆肚冯、年糕钱、奶酪魏、羊头马、豆腐脑白、德顺斋。看招牌就谗了。贪心每家各买几盘，自己找张桌子（有点费劲）。再去拿筷子，盘子，点饮料。大张朵颐。吃撑了逛后海消化，日丽风和，柳枝拂水。人生不过如此。 许多点心都是名气大的百年字号。吃起来不错，但不能说是人间美味。德顺斋的烧饼及豆腐脑觉得很好。奶酪魏卖完了。羊头马，年糕钱就是地道但熟悉的味道。 I have heard so much of those famous, yet elusive, Beijing snacks. No one under 35 … Continue reading →

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